Popped over to the Siren Tapyard on Saturday afternoon to pick up a couple of cans to consume whilst cooking and eating dinner that evening (tagine style lamb with apricots and couscous - delish!) The first was a collaboration between Siren (Berkshire) and Northern Monk (Leeds) called Paper, Rock, Scissors (left) which was a DIPA or "double IPA" fully loaded with Citra, Chinook, Centennial, Azacca and Nelson Sauvin hops (a right old mix) At 8.5% ABV it's not a beer you could realistically drink more than one or two of (without falling over!) but after a long week at work this really hit the spot, flavour in spades, soft, fruity and so easy to drink. The second was a "red IPA" (right) made with darker malts and rye then flavoured with Amarillo, Simcoe and Mosaic hops. A nice beer, malty/spicy flavours are prominent but the hops are also there in the background, I felt it could have taken more hops but I accept that I perhaps overrate exceptionally hoppy beers, maybe this one is more of a mainstream brew?
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